Stories by Andy Nghiem on Federal Newswire


Haaland: National Fish Passage Program will 'help restore habitat connectivity for aquatic species'

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced approximately $38 million in funding has been allocated for fiscal year 2022 to help restore fish passages and aquatic activity.


Regan: EPA issues emergency fuel waiver for E15 sales 'to minimize and prevent disruption of summertime fuel supply to consumers'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing an emergency fuel waiver to allow E15 gasoline to be sold during the summer.


Polite: Ukrainian hacker sentenced for 'causing over a billion dollars in losses to Americans and costs to America’s economy'

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington announced a member of a hacking group that caused more than $1 billion of financial damage has been sentenced to five years in prison.


Starfield: Indiana towns agree to 'improving water quality as well as the quality of life for the people who live here'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with two Indiana towns which will require them to improve their local sewer systems and reduce discharges of raw sewage.



DOJ's Olsen: 'Economic espionage is a serious offense'

A Chinese national who lived for a time in the U.S. has been sentenced to 29 months in prison for conspiring to commit economic espionage, the U.S. Department of Justice reported last month.


USGS spokesperson: Los Alamos partnership 'creates an unparalleled opportunity to meet fire managers' needs'

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Los Alamos National Laboratory have teamed up in order to better predict how wildfires might act.


Iverson: New Harney Basin study 'is a tool for understanding and managing the basin's groundwater resources'

The U.S. Geological Survey and Oregon Department of Water Resources conducted a groundwater flow study of the Harney Basin to inform planning for future groundwater management.


McCollister on grant: 'The program’s mentorship community will set up its students for success'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7 office recently announced that nearly $200,000 in grant funds have been awarded to Heartland Conservation Alliance (HCA).



EPA's Fox: Water-saving investments 'a win-win for public health, the environment, and job creation'

A utilities company in California's Inland Empire is getting a $120 million loan to improve its wastewater-recycling efforts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last month.


Brown: Arizona man 'defrauded a program' meant to help with COVID-19 pandemic challenges

An Arizona man has been sentenced to four years in prison for collecting fraudulent pandemic emergency loans.


Walsh: Equity plan ensures all Americans benefit from economy's 'historic rebound'

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a plan to asses the difficulties populations of underserved communities have in accessing federal benefits and opportunities.



Haaland: Department of the Interior will address 'the more than 100,000 documented orphaned wells across the country'

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the Biden-Harris administration released more guidance on how to use the first $775 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to plug abandoned oil and gas wells.


US Attorney Wilkison on Buck sentencing: 'This defendant preyed upon vulnerable victims'

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that former Hollywood businessman Ed Buck has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for injecting a lethal amount of methamphetamine into two men and killing them.


Regan: EPA releases Equity Action Plan 'to protect human health' by 'breaking down the barriers that have stood for far too long'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its plan to asses the difficulties populations of underserved communities have in accessing federal benefits and opportunities.


FBI Atlanta agent: Gang member sentenced to 'lengthy prison terms' for possessing firearm

A gang member from Valdosta, Georgia, has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for firearm-related charges.


Tarasca: ‘The FBI is committed to serving and protecting members of the Native American community’

A Michigan woman was sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for a second-degree murder committed on the Isabella Indian Reservation.


Brandl: USDA E. coli research opens up 'new branch of inquiry about outbreak seasonality'

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service have linked seasonal E. coli outbreaks to bagged romaine lettuce.


NPS's Sams: Battlefield protection grants 'represent an important investment' for future generations

Three states will share $2.3 million in U.S. National Park Service grants to protect nearly 500 acres of battlefields and landmarks from the American Revolutionary and U.S. Civil wars.


Vilsack: New USDA initiative will 'improve the long-term viability of rural health care'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the launch of an initiative to expand access to COVID-19-related supplies in rural areas.